The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-08-01
SOUTH CAROLINA.

At Greenville Friday a meeting of citi-
Zens recommended that the county subscribe
S200,000 to the Carolina, Knoxville and
Western railroad.
The following officers have been appointed
upon the staff of Lieut.. Col. Aud: O. I.
Kershaw, Florence, Quartermaster; j. w.
King, Florence, Surgeon; Charles e. Bart
lett, Sumter, Paymaster, all with the rank
OF first Lieutenant
At Spartanburg the case of the State
against G.. S. Turner, indicted for the muir
der of Julius Metzki, Pole, at Valley
Falls factory on June 90, was continued till
next term. The ground of continuance is
the absence of material witnesses.
Pickons Bryant, (colored) from the neigh
borhood of Cummings Station, was COM
mitted to Hampton county Jail last Sunday
afternoon, charged with having caused the
death of his wife by giving her terrible
whipping on the day preceding his arrest
News has reached Walterboro that at
Browns turpentine farm on Salkehatchie,
several nights since, Ralph Horn, colorad,
turpentine hand from North Carolina, was
stabbed TO death by one of his co-workers
The murderer, whose name has not been
ascertained, made good his escape
The Adjutant General has issued circu-
lar letter to the members of the Governors
staff, stating that the Governor will be
present at the Constitutional Centennial
Celebration, Philadelphia, Sept. IS, 10, and
H. and requesting those who propose ac-
companying the Governor to notify the Ad-
jutant General as soon as practicable
Last Sunday, In Hebron township, which
is the fork of the Edisto, there was a severe
storm. On the plantation of DIR. t. j. Pou
the lightning descended on the two light
ming rods attached to his house and filled the
h.Nttc xNtf a N inv Ia In
house is said to have been restored TO
her health at the occurrence of this
Twenty-Five trees in the circle of half a
mile were struck by lightning.
The Superintendent of the Penitentiary
received telegram Thursday morning an
nouncing the recapture, at Spartanburg
of William Palmer (colored), a convict who
escaped while at work on the Greenwood
and Augusta Railroad on Feb. Is, ISIS
Palmer was convicted at the October term
1877, in Union county, of grand larceny,
and was sentenced by Judge T. j. Mackey
to three years imprisonment in the peni-
tertiary.
Brig. Cen II. N. Richbourg, of the ID
brigade of infantry, has appointed the fol-
lowing members of his staff: Inspector gen
eral, Mai w. j. De1reville, OF Orangeburg; :
quartermaster, Maj w. l.. Mcdonald, Of
Winnsboro; commissory. Maj Z. f.
Hegarty, OF Greenville; paymaster, Mai. w
&. Blalock, of Newberry, surgeon, Mai w.
II. Dial of Laurens; chaplain, Rev. A. Coke
Smith of Spartanburg; aides-de camp,
Capts'J J. l.. Perrin, Of Abbeville, and L. NJ.
Nelson, of Richland.
Dr. T. b. Edwards, former citizen of
WATERFORD, has lately been beautifully
favored by fortune in his present home near
Aiken. He bought tract of 800 acres
about mile from the railroad, and has dis
covered a bed OF kaolin about sixteen feet
thick extending through this large tract.
Experts pronounce the article very fine
quality. HE has had some handsome offers,
but as he Is not in hurry to get rich be
proposes knowing all about the value of
bis find before negotiating.
Tho Commissioner of Agriculture has re-
ceived a letter from Trubner q; Co., literary
agents, London, stating that they had been
requested 10 obtain tor the geological de
partncnt Of the British Museum a copy of
Tuomeys report on geology and agriculture
Of South Carolina, Columbia, 1874, and
Lieber's four reports in one volume, 1860,
Columbia, 1850 Col Butler was requested
TO send the bonks and the bill which would
be paid. These valuable books are now
very scarce, aud anyone having spare
copies will doubtless be able to obtain large
prices for them
The increase In the passenger earnings of
tho Asheyille and Spartanburg and the